1883 60,388 5,033 167 1884 91,872 7,656 255 1885 99,059 8,255 275 1886 89,567 7,464 248 1887 102,396 8,533 284 1888 133,033 11,086 366 1889 153,811 12,817 427 1890 150,447 12,537 417 1891 104,945 8,745 291 The diminution which begins in the year 1890 is due to the economical crisis that began in that year, and the consequences of which are still to be felt. Immigration. The territory of the Republic being abundant in all natural resources and elements necessary to make easy any kind of work or industry one chooses to undertake, and the immigrant getting very soon accustomed to a climate and customs very little different from those of his own country, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay offers therefore all kinds of advantages to the honest and laborious immigrant who comes here in search of a remuneration greater than that he can earn in his own country. Thus is explained the large number of foreigners of all nationalities who have chosen this country as their second countryland, settling themselves here definitely and partaking with their families a wealth which allows them a good living, and is the base of their future modest or great fortune. In spite of the political disorders, the time of which, it may be said, has passed, and in spite of the economical crisis that, with more or less intensity, are common to all the countries that rapidly advance and progress, the Oriental Republic has always seen a great and constant affluence of arms and capital, that have contributed in a few years to display powerfully its productive energy, to create establishments and manufactures which, with their products, have increased the relations of exchange with all the markets of the world. Although the present times be not very favorable to the immigratory movement, the country is bound to recover soon, very soon, from the disorders suffered during the last crisis. Our own history, and also that of the other American nations, teach us that in a period of restrictions in business and settling accounts, the immigration always diminishes, but increases again as soon as it begins to feel the first symptoms of reaction towards a period of prosperity. The following figures demonstrate the oscillations in the immigratory movement, coinciding with critical or prosperous periods: Immigratory Movement in the Port of Montevideo from 1867 to 1891.